Measuring-funnel



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o o e M. B. SCHNEIDER.

MEASURING PUNNEL.

No. 415,312. Patented Nov. 19, 1889.

UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

MEICIIEAL '13. SCHNEIDER, OF

NEV CASTLE, PENNSYLVANIA.

lVIEASURlNG-FUNNEL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 415,312, dated November19, 1889.

Application filed May 14., 1889.

To al whom t may concern:

Beitknown that I, MEICHEAL B. SCHNEIDER, a citizen of the United Statesof America, residing at New Castle, in the county of Lawrence and Stateof Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inlVIeasuring-Eunnels, of which the following is a specification,reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to measuring-tunnels; and it consists in certainimprovements in the construction and arrangement of the valve-rigging,as hereinafter fully described and claimed, whereby the parts ot' thevessel are strengthened and the measuring of the contents of the vesseland emptying the same facilitated.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of ameasuring-funnel containing my invention; Fig. 2, a vertical section ofsame, and Fig. 3 a perspective of the valve-seat F.

Serial No. 310,689. (No model.)

the inside of the spout of the vessel, and the i upper end with shape ofthe conical section of the vessel, thus forming a frame or support forthe junction of said parts, as shown in Fig. 2. The valve E is closed bya spiral spring d', which is pressed against the lower side of thebridge by a collar d upon the valve-stem. The bridge A has a projectingarm a, to which is pivoted the lever-handle B, the short arm of whichhas at its end a recess or slot C, through which the valve-stein passes.To the under side of the short arm of the lever-handle is pivoted agravity-brace G, which, when the handle is depressed and the valveopened, assumes a vertical position, with its lower end resting upon theupper face of the bridge and against tlie ridge g, so as to hold thevalve open independently of the handle.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,` is- Thecombination, with ameasu rin g-funnel,

` ot the bridge A, handle B, having slotted end C, valve-stem D, collard, spiral spring d', valve E, valve-seat E, gravit /-brace G, and nut H,substantially as and for the purposes specified.

In testimony whereof I afx my signature in presence of two witnesses.

MEICIIEAL I3. SCHNEIDER. Ifitnesses:

GEO. W. MILLER,

J. L. MCCLELLAND.

